Introducing quantitative methods

Introducing
quantitative methods

Kingsmeadow Community School
17 April 2023

https://cgmoreh.github.io/webslides/Kingsmeadow/Quants

Dr. Chris Moreh

Geography, Politics and Sociology

Outline

A research story

May 2013: Draft EU Referendum Bill
May 2015: General election
December 2015: European Union Referendum Act - Referendum to be held before the end of 2017
February 2016: Outcome of negotiating a new settlement for Britain in the EU (The Conservative Party Manifesto 2015) and announcement of Referendum date for 23 June 2016
What are the future plans of EU migrants in case of a referendum vote to leave the EU?
1 March – 23 June 2016: online survey

Populations and sampling

The survey targeted non-British adult EU Citizens living in the UK
Besides English the survey questionnaire was translated into 6 languages (Polish, Romanian, Portuguese, Italian, Hungarian and Spanish).

Measurement

Classification

Modelling

Concluding thoughts